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At Cornell's New Fine Arts Library, the Book Sets the Standard
… roof deck that’s rigged for big installations and occupiable structures (that area is joined by a smaller outdoor terrace on the third floor). To Tschapeller, the library reading room, fabrication lab, and Milstein studios together embody three essential components of architecture education: designing, doing, and reading. The new library unifies these practices beautifully, if …
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Shanghai’s Newest Library Takes Conceptual Cues from Chinese Scholar’s Rocks
… ©SHL ©RAWVISION©SHL ©TIAN FANGFANG Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] No tags selected No tags selected LatestProfilesWoodward Throwbacks Transforms Landfill-Bound Goods into Modern FurnitureThe Detroit-based manufacturer is one of several groups drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing …
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A Library in Japan Takes Design Cues from the Forest
… extend outside the facade onto the terrace, and there is an outdoor minimalist concrete hand basin. “It all helps to activate a relationship between the city, the library, and the community through the building’s facade,” Ito explains. You may also enjoy “Future100: Students Investigate Sacred Space” Would you like to comment on this article …
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Baltic Coastal Inspiration Defines This Library in Rural Finland
… a 164-foot-long glazed terrace looks onto the old stone church. “Mothers leave their babies sleeping in prams there while watching over them from inside the library café, sitting at a table over a cup of coffee and facing the long stretch of glass wall that brings the outdoors inside the building," founding partner …
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At Oslo’s Deichman Library, the Journey Through Is Half the Fun
… desk. You may also enjoy “A Slice of High Modernism Under Wyoming Skies.” Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] Register here for Metropolis Webinars Connect with experts and design leaders on the most important conversations of the day.
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The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
2024 Planet Positive Awards > Innovation > Best Unbuilt Project > Winner The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Snøhetta Scottsdale, Arizona The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library will invite visitors through a preserved North Dakota landscape, supporting conservation research with its educational walks and recreation while serving as a biological repository for Badlands flora. Inspired by Roosevelt’s environmental legacy …
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BCJ's Pleasant Hill Library Is Designed to Spark Creativity
… by Evan Shively at Arborica gives kids a chance to let loose. “You can tell when it’s people’s first time here,” says Patrick Remer, the library’s manager. “They’re overcome by the beauty of the materials and the light. You can see their jaws drop.” Would you like to comment on this …
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WRNS Studio Designs a Library Where Everything Can be Seen but Not Heard
… where high-decibel activities can be seen and not heard through insulated windows. Three large round skylights bring in natural light and double as wayfinding devices, helping library staff direct patrons to different parts of the building. “This library feels more office-y,” noted first-time Atherton Library patron Karen Miao one morning in early …
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Support Your Library, Eat Your Lawn
… and dynamic speaker that is definitely worth catching. Keep a look out for upcoming events where you can catch him in the Metropolis Events section. Fritz Haeg + Frederick Kaufman (Photos by Peter Foley)